Matt looked at the rest of the guys. The shrugged and looked just as confused as he did. Before anyone could say anything, he quickly got up and followed the crying red head.
"Amy!" Matt called out and she turned around quickly.
"What is wrong with you? Are you trying to hurt yourself?!" Amy exclaimed running towards him and leading him to another chair. Matt knew he shouldn't have stood up by himself, let alone run down a narrow corridor, but he had to go to Amy.
"Why are you crying?"
"Because you're an idiot," Amy answered.
"Amy, tell me," Matt pleaded.
"You scared the shit out of me! I'm still shaking, for crying out loud! What's wrong with you? How could you be so dumb? You know you're never supposed to bring personal problems into the ring, and you did. And now look, you got hurt. And it was all my fault..." she trailed off, starting to cry even harder.
"Amy, don't cry! It wasn't your fault!" Matt felt bad for making her cry. It was his own fault, just like everyone was saying. But it was his fault for not telling her sooner, instead, someone got to her before he did.
"Yes it was! I know you, Matt. I know you were thinking about the conversation you walked into," she sniffed.
"Oh, Amy..." Matt didn't know what to say. So instead of saying anything, he pulled her onto his lap and held her while she cried. (authors note: I noticed that the girls always seem to cry in my stories. I'm not trying to portray them as babies, so for the next story, NO CRYING FEMALES. I PROMISE)
"You could've got hurt a lot worse, Matty," she said into his shoulder.
"But I didn't, and don't blame yourself, Ames. It was my fault," Matt craddled her in his arms.
"It was my fault though," Amy argued. "I know I'm going to sound stupid here, but please don't laugh at me. Everyone's been telling me that you liked me, and I didn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it because if it wasn't true, I'd feel horrible. Matt, I like you. I've liked you for a long time now, but I was too scared to say anything. The only reason why I said yes to Robbie was because I wanted to get over you. I've been waiting for months and months, but nothing from you. I just gave up, and I needed to get over you, and I thought by saying yes to someone else I would, but it didn't work. I know you probably think I'm such a loser right now..." Amy began, but Matt had heard enough.
"Ssssshhhh...." he cut her off putting a finger on her lips. She looked at him and Matt swept his thumb over her jawline and gently pulled her towards him. He kissed her mouth softly and he could taste the saltiness of her tears. Before he could react, Matt felt Amy's arms wrap around his neck tightly and return the kiss wholeheartedly. The kiss lasted for a few minutes, neither one of them wanting to let go of the other.
"You really like me?" Amy whispered shyly.
"No, I really really really like you," he grinned pressing his forehead against hers.
"Awwwww......" Chris' voice interupted them. They both looked away from one another and saw Chris standing there with a huge goofy grin on his face. "Wait till I tell everyone..."
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Later on that evening.......................
Matt sat on the bed with his head resting against the headboard. The days events going through his head. The worst day he's ever had soon turned into the best day of his life in the blink of an eye.
"Matt, do you want anything? Are you comfortable?" Amy asked. She had been mothering him since they got back to the hotel.
"I'm fine, Ames. Quit worrying about me, it's just a little bump on my head," he smiled at her concern. Amy always acted like this when either him or Jeff got hurt, but it made him feel tingling at the extra bit of information he knew: she liked him.
"You know you are loving this..." Jeff laughed. A moment later, there was a knock at the hotel room. Jeff stood up and answered the door while Amy sat beside Matt on the bed.
"Where's the happy couple?" Jay asked walking in.
"Awww.... would you look at that?" Nora smiled with Chris' arms around her. Amy smiled shyly and just shrugged. Matt put an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"What do you guys want?" Amy asked.
"Well, we just wanted to ask, who out of everyone in the room, excluding you two, who do you think had the biggest impact, or influence on you two getting together?" Adam asked.
"What kind of a question is that?" Matt asked.
"We were just wondering..." Chris shrugged.
"I think it's me. After all, I was the one who kicked him in the face, which in turn lead to Amy getting mad at him, and then him following her, and then, well... the rest is history," Adam said after much thought.
"No way! If I hadn't gotten Robbie to ask out Amy.... Ohhh..... whoops, we didn't know that, did we?" Nora said turning red.
"You got Robbie to ask me out?!" Amy exclaimed.
"You got Robbie to ask her out?! You sneeky little..." Chris began.
"Yeah. I'm sorry.... it was a part of my little plan, I told him, and he agreed..."
"Why would you make a plan?" Matt asked.
"Because we had a bet..."
"A BET?!" Amy and Matt said at the same time.
"We just wanted you guys to get together..." Jay interjected. Silence filled the room and Matt and Amy exchanged looks and burst out laughing at the same time.
"You guys are so pathetic!" Matt snickered.
"Hey, we're not the ones who... nevermind..." Jeff stopped himself.
"But it was sweet, and if you guys hadn't been so insistant, I don't know if we'd be here right now," Amy smiled.
"We know. We are the best. Just remember who to name your first child after," Adam smiled.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves..."